July 17, 2010
Ashland Community And Technical College Selected For National Project
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Ashland Community and Technical College is one of eight colleges in the country that have received a grant to promote service learning and community engagement.
The grant is part of a $1.1 million national initiative, “Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning,” sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges with funding from the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
“Service learning is important to our entire community,” said Greg Adkins, president and CEO of ACTC. “Service learning provides an added element to education for our students, which helps impact other agencies in the Tri-State area like our state parks,” he concluded.
Service learning combines community service and classroom instruction, with a focus on critical, reflective thinking and personal and civic responsibility.
ACTC’s project will be under the direction of Shawn M. Brown, an instructor of Information Technology. The project will incorporate information technology, including GIS, to map trails at Grayson Lake State Resort Park. Information Technology students will also work with select local high school students in a peer-to-peer relationship on the project.
ACTC and other colleges will receive $3,000 for the year beginning July 2010 to develop and enhance curriculum-based service learning initiatives in new media or environmental education. The colleges will be mentored by other colleges that are experienced in similar programs.
“ACTC and other recipient colleges are leaders in one of the most exciting concepts in postsecondary education,” said Gail Robinson, national director for AACC’s Horizons project.
“The work these colleges are undertaking will benefit both the colleges and their communities by teaching students the importance of civic engagement and service as an integral part of the learning experience,” Robinson added.
The other recipient colleges are Cape Cod Community College (Mass.), Johnson County Community College (Kans.), Miami Dade College (Fla.), Milwaukee Area Technical College (Wis.), Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (Wis.), Oakton Community College (Ill.), and University of Cincinnati – Clermont College (Ohio).
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Ashland Community And Technical College Selected For National Project
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Ashland Community and Technical College is one of eight colleges in the country that have received a grant to promote service learning and community engagement.
The grant is part of a $1.1 million national initiative, “Community Colleges Broadening Horizons through Service Learning,” sponsored by the American Association of Community Colleges with funding from the Learn and Serve America program of the Corporation for National and Community Service.
“Service learning is important to our entire community,” said Greg Adkins, president and CEO of ACTC. “Service learning provides an added element to education for our students, which helps impact other agencies in the Tri-State area like our state parks,” he concluded.
Service learning combines community service and classroom instruction, with a focus on critical, reflective thinking and personal and civic responsibility.
ACTC’s project will be under the direction of Shawn M. Brown, an instructor of Information Technology. The project will incorporate information technology, including GIS, to map trails at Grayson Lake State Resort Park. Information Technology students will also work with select local high school students in a peer-to-peer relationship on the project.
ACTC and other colleges will receive $3,000 for the year beginning July 2010 to develop and enhance curriculum-based service learning initiatives in new media or environmental education. The colleges will be mentored by other colleges that are experienced in similar programs.
“ACTC and other recipient colleges are leaders in one of the most exciting concepts in postsecondary education,” said Gail Robinson, national director for AACC’s Horizons project.
“The work these colleges are undertaking will benefit both the colleges and their communities by teaching students the importance of civic engagement and service as an integral part of the learning experience,” Robinson added.
The other recipient colleges are Cape Cod Community College (Mass.), Johnson County Community College (Kans.), Miami Dade College (Fla.), Milwaukee Area Technical College (Wis.), Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (Wis.), Oakton Community College (Ill.), and University of Cincinnati – Clermont College (Ohio).
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